Peter and the Wolf is a 1995 live-action/animated television special based on the 1936 musical composition/fairy tale of the same name by Sergei Prokofiev, and directed by American conductor George Daugherty.

The main characters that appear in the animated sequences that intervene the live-action ones, are designed by cartoonist Chuck Jones, who also serves as the special's executive consultant.

On the first day of Spring, Peter goes into the meadow to visit his friend, the bird, leaving the garden gate open.

What follows is a victory parade, that includes himself, the bird, the hunters leading the wolf, the cat, and his Grandfather, who in this version, ends up congratulating Peter.

The special ends with Peter going outside in the meadow (in a mixture of live-action with animation), where he also finds the cat, the duck, and the bird from the story.

The initial development of the special can be traced back in 1992, when Chuck Jones and George Daugherty (who conducted Bugs Bunny on Broadway and composed several 90s Looney Tunes shorts) formed Impossible Productions, a studio based in Los Angeles, to create a special based on the Peter and the Wolf composition.

[2] The final special was produced in association with Chuck Jones Enterprises, responsible for animation development and pre-production, and ITEL.

Daugherty said that "... we wanted to find an animation company that could take Chuck's brilliant characters and realize them in a way that, was in keeping with the traditions that he had established over the course of his sixty-year career.

The LaserDisc release also includes concept art and animatic and storyboard segments, and interviews with Chuck Jones, George Daughterty and the main cast of the film.

[7] In November 2003, it was released on DVD (regions 1, 2 and 5), VHS (NTSC) and VCD (distributed by Alliance Entertainment Singapore Pte.

[18] Beyond the Meadow, a documentary on the making of the film, directed by Casey Bridges,[19] and The Music of Peter and the Wolf, an educational short about the symphony orchestra hosted by Julia Glander,[20][21] are featured in both the LaserDisc and DVD releases.

In Norway, the film was released on VHS, by Svensk Filmindustri, with the dub starring Tor Stokke, Minken Fosheim and Nils-Martin Crawfurd.

[24] Jonathan Storm of The Philadelphia Inquirer was positive in his review, calling the production "one of the best children's shows in years."

Lynne Heffley of Los Angeles Times regarded it as "a refreshing break for a good amount of children's entertainment that's heavy on attitude."

The special also received noteworthy praise by Kirk Nicewonger of United Features Syndicate, The San Francisco Examiner, The Hollywood Reporter, The Louisville Courier Journal, Chicago Tribune, The Harrisburg Patriot, The Indianapolis Star and Vårt Land.

[25][24][22] Scott Blakey in another review by Chicago Tribune called the special "a missed opportunity," as well as too "cute and overdone" for the most part.

An interactive CD-ROM was published by Time Warner Interactive for Windows 3.1 and Macintosh computers with System 7 or higher,[29] featuring a "log jam game," concept art, educational media about the symphony orchestra and the musical instruments (such as video performances by students from the Colburn School of the Performing Arts, also included in The Music of Peter and the Wolf featurette),[21] and screen documentaries of Chuck Jones and Sergei Prokofiev.

[33][34] Ty Burr of Entertainment Weekly praised the Chuck Jones animation and the educational orchestra section, but criticized the technical limitations of the disc, which resulted in "jerky movement and overly long pauses," and questioned the existence of the log jam game.